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Sixthly. The result of death is decomposition of the 

 matter of the body the army of cells is dispersed, 

 mostly converted into gases, and is distributed or 

 tends to be distributed in the envelope surround- 

 ing the earth the air. 



Seventhly. From principally the air, the specific atom, 

 which forms the initial, fundamental molecule, 

 again gets into the system of the human female, 

 gathers to itself from the living organism the 

 material to form the fundamental molecule, which 

 is the initial formative power of the growing 

 object the human egg. And this egg by the 

 process already described alters itself by adding to 

 itself the material from the parent organism and 

 thus forms the infant human being. 



Eighthly. The human being therefore had a regene- 

 rated past life, is a regenerating life present, 

 and will be a regenerated life future. Always 

 terrestrial. As there are more specific atoms, 

 which form human beings, than can combine 

 at the same time to form organisms and live, it 

 follows that more organisms are born than can 

 survive. 



Ninthly. No two organisms from the same parents 



are alike, hence there is a constant variation in 



individual organisms, and those best adapted to 



their surroundings tend to flourish the. others die 



hence the struggle for existence. 



Tenthly. The highest or most intelligent man differs 

 from lower organisms in being able, amongst other 

 things, to forecast his future, and to know that 

 very vastly the happiness of his future, as also 

 that of the present, is in his own hands. 



